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SPECIAL Welcome to our First Issue POINTS OF although psychology courses sional societies as well as signifi- I N T E R E S T : had been taught in one form cant funding from federal granting or another earlier. Prior to agencies. • Welcome! 1900 psychology was offered as a special course in Mental For our undergraduate students, • New Additions to the Department and Moral Science with stu- we offer a B.A., Honours B.A., a dents being examined on top- B.Sc. and an Honours B.Sc. We • Research ics such as sensation, percep- offer a comprehensive program in tion and memory. When the general psychology which includes Department became a sepa- foundation courses to many sub- rate entity within the University fields of psychology. To learn more there were three members of about offerings in these subfields, the teaching staff and a total check out Undergraduate Re- INSIDE THIS I am pleased to provide some of six courses were offered. sources on our web page introductory comments in the These were listed as Introduc- http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/psychology I S S U E : Department of Psychology’s tory, Experimental, Social, Welcome 1 inaugural edition of our news- Industrial and Applied, Per- For graduate students we offer an letter. When I assumed the sonality, and Contemporary M.A. and Ph.D. Currently, our Recent Additions 2 Headship on July 1, 2005, I Psychology Theory. The De- graduate program in Psychology approached a number of my partment offered an Honours allows students to pursue studies in program since its inception, as GASP 4 colleagues with the idea that the areas of Behavioural Neurosci- we initiate a departmental did other Departments in the ence, Clinical Psychology and Ap- UPSA 4 newsletter. I am delighted with Faculty of Arts and Science, plied Behavioural Analysis, Cogni- their rapid response to this and there was provision for tive Psychology, Developmental Recent Grads 5 suggestion. students to take graduate Psychology, Personality and Social courses “as the occasion de- Psychology, Quantitative Methods

The purpose of our newsletter mands.” The Ph.D. program and School Psychology. Our new- Adjuncts 555 is to highlight our department’s was officially initiated in 1964. est program of School Psychology, academic achievements, and Training in clinical psychology, at present, offers an M.A. degree. Work in Progress 666 provide current information on as a specific program, was To learn more about these spe- recent and upcoming develop- started in 1967. cialty areas check Graduate Re- Kudos Korner 666 ments and events to members sources and School Psychology on of our internal University com- Today, our department is the our web page. Where our 777 munity as well as to our alumni largest academic unit in the Graduate Stu- and to our profession at large. Faculty of Arts. We have a Our web page also provides infor- dents Have Been With this goal in mind, the long and distinguished history. mation pertaining to our colloquium newsletter committee has I hope you will take the time to series, workshops, general news asked me to provide some in- browse our web page. I am events and undergraduate (UPSA) Spotlight on Re- 8 formation about our programs very proud of the programs we and graduate (GASP) student or- search 999 of study and to provide short offer, the people we have on ganizations. You can also obtain biographical introductions of staff, and the accomplish- detailed information about the labo- Grants 101010 colleagues who have joined ments of academic and sup- ratories and research activities of 11 our department during the past port staff, and graduate, hon- our academic staff and access our 121212 year. ours and undergraduate stu- general brochure. I hope you find Departmental dents. Faculty and students our site useful and interesting. We Colloquia 121212 The Department of Psychology have received numerous pres- look forward to hearing from you. was officially established as a tigious awards from within the separate department in 1947, university and from profes- Harvey Keselman JANUARY 2006 P A G E 2 One University. Many Futures . Recent Additions to our Department

Dr. Dan Bailis received his Ph.D. health. His recent work has exam- and M.A. in psychology from ined these topics in relation to suc- Princeton University and B.A. from cessful aging. He is also interested the University of California, Berke- in the problem of matching persua- ley. Prior to joining our depart- sive messages to pre-existing indi- ment, he was a member of the vidual differences in personality or University of Manitoba's Faculty of motivational concepts, in order to Physical Education and Recrea- encourage healthy lifestyle behav- tion Studies, and the Health, Lei- iours. sure & Human Performance Re- search Institute. Dan is a social psychologist whose research inter- ests cross into several areas, in- cluding communication and atti- tude change, the self-concept and

Dr. Richard Kruk , one of our new Richard has distinguished himself faculty members in the new School as a scholar, co-editing an influen- Psychology program, specializes in tial book on visual processes in reading acquisition and reading reading disability published by Erl- difficulty in young children. He baum, and writing articles appear- completed his Ph.D., focusing on ing in journals such as Cognitive reading disability, at the University Neuropsychology and the Journal of Toronto and he continued his of Learning Disabilities . His re- investigations of visual sensory search program focuses on the factors as predictors of reading relationships among visual sensory difficulty in a SSHRC post-doctoral processes, language ability, and fellowship in Australia. Upon re- reading acquisition, and on how turning to Canada, he taught at these relationships change as chil- several universities including Re- dren grow. gina, Bishop’s, OISE, and finally the University of Manitoba, where he worked in the Psychology De- partment as a Professional Associ- ate.

Dr. Barry Mallin, after a 25-year both languages in the St. Vital, St. career in the public school system, Boniface, Elmwood, and Cres- has returned to the Department of centwood/Riverview/River Heights Psychology to lead our new School areas as a clinician, and also as an Psychology Program. Barry gradu- and administrator at the Child ated with a Ph.D. from the clinical Guidance Clinic. He has a particu- psychology program at the U of M lar interest in measuring the out- having completed his internship at comes of psychological interven- the Mid-Missouri Mental Health tions and the acceptability of psy- Center in Columbia, Missouri. With chological strategies to teachers. an interest in community psychol- ogy, and preference for a public practice, the school system was a good match. He has worked in One University. Many Futures .

JANUARY 2006 P A G E 3 Recent Additions to our Department

Dr. Maria Medved received her Her academic calling came when Ph.D. from the University of To- she won a post-doctoral fellowship, ronto in Human Development and first from the Social Sciences and Applied Psychology. After gradua- Humanities Research Council and tion, she obtained her registration then from the Canadian Institutes as a Psychologist in neuropsychol- of Health Research, the latter of ogy, clinical psychology, and reha- which she took up at the Depart- bilitation psychology, and practiced ment of Psychology of the New in a Toronto hospital for a few School for Social Research in New years. At the same time, she con- York City. Some of her current re- tinued working on research pro- search projects involve exploring jects and took on a first teaching the construction of identity after appointment at the University of neurotrauma and the role of gen- Toronto. der in cardiovascular rehabilitation.

Dr. Timothy Racine completed his dinal work to investigate the origins graduate training at Simon Fraser of the pointing gesture. Dr. Racine University and specializes in the is also co-editor of a volume in development of children’s under- preparation entitled The Shared standing of the mind, in particular Mind: Perspectives on Intersubjec- the role of social interaction tivity that explores the understand- (including language) in under- ing of the mind from psychological, standing others. Tim’s present fo- philosophical, linguistic and etho- cus is on the development of coor- logical points of view. dinated visual attention in infancy, and he is currently preparing pro- grams of experimental and longitu- Welcome New Graduate Students

The Department welcomed a num- Admitted to study in the Social- ber of bright and talented new stu- Personality area were Tara Reich dents to our graduate program this and Kelley Robinson . year. Kathy Bent commenced her Inter- Admitted to study in the Behav- disciplinary doctoral program of ioural Neuroscience area were study in Psychology, Native Stud- Lee Baugh , Loni Rhode , and ies and Anthropology. Helen Rodgers . Jennifer Davies was admitted to Admitted to the Clinical program study in the Developmental area. were Lisa Dreger , Jina Pagura, Chris Tysiaczny , Megan Vokey Finally, we welcomed the first co- and Kate Williamson . hort of graduate students in our new School Psychology program: Admitted to study in the Cognitive Sara Guzzo, Lyla Levy, Kristin area were Tamara Ansons and Meyer, Jane Ritcher and Danica Lori Doan. Rose.

JANUARY 2006 P A G E 4 One University. Many Futures .

Not the Last Gasp from GASP (Graduate Association for Students of Psychology) managed to find other students bag lunch series, field trips, fund- willing to fill most of the open de- raising and social events, establish- partmental committee positions. ing an email-mentoring program be- tween graduate and honours psy- Kathleen Although there is not an official chology students, and creating email Fortune, executive committee, Kathleen, polls to gauge student opinions on President through her powers of persuasion, important issues. Kathleen would GASP has also assembled a group of personally like to encourage every- graduate student volunteers eager one to get involved in whatever way to help GASP realize positive possible: for some it may be volun- change in the department. The teering as a mentor, for others it primary objectives this academic might simply be taking the time to fill year are to bring a sense of cohe- out an online poll. However great or siveness among graduate students small, if each student makes an ef- After three years without represen- that has been missing in the past fort to become more involved, we will tations, graduate students in the and to give them a much-needed all benefit. Department of Psychology have a voice. There are over 100 graduate GASP president, Kathleen Fortune, students in the psychology depart- Please stay tuned to the GASP web- a Master’s student in Social/ ment who, as a collective, can Personality Psychology. site at http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~gasp/about.html surely make their interests heard. for information on upcoming events Kathleen has already set up a In order to foster a feeling of inter- and programs. GASP website, established a fo- connectedness among students of rum for textbook exchange and all disciplines in psychology, GASP plans include launching a brown-

News from UPSA (Undergraduate Psychology Students Association) will be of use to many undergradu- ates in psychology. The student group has also created a monthly newsletter entitled “The UPSA plans to provide students UPSA Update”, intended to keep with academic, informational and members informed on upcoming social resources in the coming events and to provide other useful year. Academic resources include information including volunteer op- a comprehensive website that is portunities, the honours program, updated on a daily basis, an under- and graduate school. The newsletter graduate/graduate mentoring sys- is available online at tem devised by Kathleen Fortune, http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~upsa . From Left: S. Unrau, T. Nepon, A. and a Careers in Psychology Lec- Paper copies will be made available Mangat, L. Unik ture Series, in which guest speak- through the UPSA office in P224 Duff ers from the Department of Psy- UPSA has begun the 2005-2006 aca- Roblin. If you would like to submit an demic year with a bang. After two chology will speak to students article or a notice to the newsletter, years of inactivity, the new UPSA seeking more information on pro- please contact Lauren at the address executive is determined to make spective careers in the field. listed above. this year a resounding success. Social events will be held through- UPSA is very excited about the com- The UPSA executive consists of out the year. These began with a ing year. The support of the faculty is Lauren Unik (President), Stephanie very enjoyable and well attended truly appreciated, and the executive Unrau (Vice-President), Taryn Ne- Wine and Cheese Social that was th is looking forward to working with the pon (Secretary), and Ajitpaul Man- held on October 20 in the Psy- department in the coming months. gat (Treasurer). These four stu- chology Lounge. For more informa- dents began meeting in late April tion on upcoming UPSA events, Lauren Unik on behalf of UPSA. of 2005 and have already estab- please contact Lauren at lished several new initiatives that [email protected]. One University. Many Futures .

JANUARY 2006 P A G E 5 Recent Grads

In October, 2005, a number of students Lorissa Martens (Advisors: M. Morry Students Awarded their Ph.D. de- received their masters and doctoral & B. Fehr) “Using Interpersonal Scripts grees were: degrees in our department. and Meta-Mood to Understand the Im- pact of Anger on Personal Relation- Jennifer Maw (Advisor: D. Schonwet- Those who received M.A. degrees ships and Health” were: ter) “The Facilitation of Student Suc- cess: Incorporating Affective, Behav- Robert Stupnisky (Advisor: R. Perry) ioural, Cognitive Factors into First-Year Lee Baugh (Advisor: M. Singer) “The Effects of Causal Search and At- Experience Programs” “Readers’ Memory Representations of tributional Retraining on Achievement the Goals of Multiple Narrative Charac- Motivation and Performance” ters” Lachlan McWilliams (Advisor: M.

Thomas) “Evaluating Attachment The- Aynsley Verbeke (Advisor: G. Martin) ory as a Framework for Understanding James Ashley Fleming (Advisor: J. “Does Performance on the ABLA Test Pain-Related Appraisals and Interper- Vorauer) “Utility of Downward Social Predict Object Name Recognition?” sonal Concerns Comparison Theory for Understanding

Interaction Preferences” Bobbi Walling (Advisors: W. Free- Robert Santos (Advisor: B. Tefft) man & R. Mills) “Maternal Beliefs Asso- “Effectiveness of Early Intervention for Laura Jakul (Advisors: D. Martin & N. ciated with Mothers’ Use of Psycho- Infants and their Families: Relating the Vincent) “Effect of Anti-Obesity Media logical Control” Working Alliance to Program Out- on Body Image and Antifat Attitudes” comes”

Mie Kito (Advisor: M. Morry), Tracey Sewell (Advisor: G. Martin) “A

“Relationship Satisfaction in Dating Comparison of Methods to Teach Audi- Relationships and Same-Sex Friend- tory-Auditory Identity Matching to Per- ships: A Comparison and Integration sons with Developmental Disabilities” of Equity Theory and Attachment The- ory”

Adjunct Appointments

The following persons were ap- The following persons had their Ad- Dr. Dieter Schonwetter— Faculty of pointed as Adjunct Professors: junct appointment renewed for a Dentistry, University of Manitoba three-year term: Dr. Pauline Pearson—Department of Psychology, University of Winnipeg Dr. Jim Clark—Department of Psychol- Dr. Doug Williams–Department of Psy- chology, University of Winnipeg ogy, University of Winnipeg

Dr. Beverley Fehr—Department of Psychology, University of Winnipeg

JANUARY 2006 One University. Many FuturesP A. G E 6 Work in Progress Members of our academic and in each issue of Departments of archival records for the depart- support staff are working on a Psychology across North America; ment. number of important projects. They (4) the creation of an Honour Roll include: (1) reform of the graduate Wall to display the many distin- Other activities include (1) hiring and undergraduate curricula; (2) guished accomplishments of our two 225/226/363 laboratory in- the development of three confer- staff and students; (5) webpage structors; (2) interviewing candi- ences which will take place during redevelopment, which involves dates for openings in our Clinical, the next three years; the first one potential changes to the layout of Developmental, and School Psy- will take place on April 4-5, 2006 our webpage and means for opti- chology programs during the and is entitled The Scholarship of mizing Google hits to our depart- months of January and February, Teaching and Learning in Higher ment; (6) working on a proposal to 2006; and (3) planning for a formal Education: An Evidenced-Based bring a distinguished psychologist external review of our graduate Perspective ; (3) preparation of a to campus either for a lecture or program in 2007. promotional document for the extended visit, or a sabbatical American Psychological Society leave, as part of the University’s (APS) that describes our depart- Distinguished Visiting Lectureship ment; APS publishes a description Programs; and (7) establishing Kudos ‘Korner’ Since September 2005, we have Lachlan McWilliams —received Lorna Jakobson —received the been collecting information from the 2004/05 Alumni Clinical Psy- Department of Psychology’s members of the department about chology Student Research Award. Teaching Award. their research, teaching, and ser- vice accomplishments in order to The following students received a Ed Johnson —was elected Presi- more widely publicize these Certificate of Academic Excellence dent-Elect of the Canadian Council achievements within the depart- from the Canadian Psychological of Professional Psychology Pro- ment and beyond. Below is a sam- Association: grams. pling of the department’s recent accomplishments. ♦ Carole Beaudoin Joanne Keselman – was ap- ♦ Shay-lee Belik pointed to the BioMed City Lead- Student Accomplishments ership Council. ♦ Darren Campbell Nathan Hall —was awarded a ♦ Matthew Derksen Jonathan Marotta —received a postdoctoral fellowship from the ♦ Karina O’Brien Canada Foundation for Innovation Alexander von Humbolt Founda- Award for: ♦ tion Nancy Robinson “Neuropsychology of Vision: ♦ Wanda Snow Perception and Action Laboratory” Heather Tiede —was awarded a ♦ Brenda Stoesz ( http://perceptionandaction.com ) Studentship from the Manitoba ♦ Health Research Council. Heather Tiede Garry Martin —received the Fac- ulty of Arts Professor of the Year The following students have been Faculty Accomplishments Award. awarded a Manitoba Graduate Fel- lowship: Warren Eaton —received a Univer- sity of Manitoba Outreach Award in ♦ Katherine Fradette recognition of his project, ♦ Mie Kito “Gateway to Web-based Re- sources for Parents of Infants and ♦ Jina Pagura Young Children”. ♦ Robert Stupnisky

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JANUARY 2006 P A G E 7 Where our Graduate Students Have Been in 2005

The American Educational Re- The Animal Behavior Society search Association meeting in Meeting in Salt Lake City (T. Montreal (I. Clara, K. Fradette, J. Wereha) Grivell, and N. Hall ) The International Conference on The Western Psychological Asso- Research and Applications in ciation meeting in Portland (N. Hall, Developmental Disabilities in N. Newall, R. Stupnisky, T. Haynes Winnipeg (P. Kelso, S. Spevack, and L. van Winkel) J. Thorsteinsson, A. Verbeke, and K. Wirth) 2005 was a busy year for many of The Bi-Annual Meeting of the Soci- the graduate students in our depart- ety for Research in Child Develop- The Canadian Association on ment who have been attending a ment in Atlanta (J. Richter and B. Gerontology Meeting in Halifax variety of national and international Walling) (N. Newall) scientific meetings to present re- search papers. The International Conference for The Association of Behavioral the Association for Behavior Analy- and Cognitive Therapy Meeting These include students who pre- sis in Chicago (K. Campbell, R. Hie- in Washington, DC (L. Jakul and sented or co-authored papers at the bert, H. Simister-Firth, S. Spevak, G. L. Mak) following meetings and conferences: Schnerch, J. Thorsteinsson, A. Ver- beke, K. Walters and K. Wirth) The Psychonomic Society Meet- The Society for Personality and ing in Toronto (L. Leboe) Social Psychology in New Orleans The Annual Meeting of the Cana- (M. Kito and L. Martens) dian Psychological Association in The Auditory, Perception, Cogni- Montreal (K. Fortune, C. Harasym- tion and Action Meeting in To- The Manitoba Council for Excep- chuk, M. Kito, L. Mak, L. Martens, J. ronto (L. Leboe, D. Shen, and C. tional Children Annual Conference Volk, B. Walling, and B. Zacharias) Tysiaczny) in Winnipeg (D. Rothman) The Annual Meeting of the Cana- The Annual Society for Neurosci- dian Society for Brain, Behavior ence Meeting in Washington, DC and Cognitive Science in Montreal (K. Hartle) (H. Tiede)

JANUARY 2006 P A G E 8 One University. Many Futures . Spotlight on Research

risk infants and toddlers. They may Selected relevant publications: also help to inform the development of effective early intervention programs designed to improve the outcomes of MacKay, T.L., Jakobson, L.S., these children. Ellemberg, D., Lewis, T.L., Maurer, D. & Casiro, O. (2005). Deficits in the processing of local By studying children with neurodevel- and global motion in very low opmental problems, my graduate stu- birthweight children. Neuropsy- dents develop an appreciation for the chologia, 43(12 ), 1738-1748. processes underlying normal neurode- Jakobson, L.S., Cuddy, L.L. & velopment and the remarkable plastic- Kilgour, A.R. (2003 ). Time- ity of the human brain. As recruitment tagging: A key to musicians’ su- of children with disabilities can be diffi- perior memory. Music Percep- cult, however, I have often opted to tion , 20 (3), 307-313. Dr. Lorna Jakobson, Human have undergraduate students in my lab Neuropsychology study another model of brain plasticity. Downie, A.L.S., Jakobson, L.S., In particular, these students have car- Frisk, V. & Ushycky, I. (2002). ried out a number of studies document- Auditory temporal processing ing relationships between early and deficits in children with periven- One of the main objectives of re- extensive music training and superior tricular brain injury. Brain and search carried out in my laboratory performance on a range of non- Language, 80 (2), 208-225. is to answer basic science ques- musical, perceptual and cognitive abili- Jakobson, L.S., Frisk, V.A., tions about the development of per- ties that overlap, to a considerable ex- ceptual, cognitive, intellectual, and Knight, R.M., Downie, A.L.S. & tent, with abilities that tend to be im- Whyte, H. (2001). The relation- motor abilities in typically- paired in premature children, including developing children, and in those ship between periventricular auditory temporal processing, visu- brain injury and deficits in visual with or at-risk for neurodevelopmen- ospatial processing, drawing, and so- tal problems. Much of our work fo- processing among extremely- called “executive” functions involved in low-birth-weight (< 1000 g) chil- cuses specifically on children born high-level reasoning and planning. prematurely at extremely-low- dren. Journal of Pediatric Psy- Through this work we are gaining im- chology, 26, 503-512. birthweight (<1000 g). These chil- portant insights into the impact that dren are at high risk for early brain environmental enrichment and special- injuries that can have a profound ized forms of training can have on impact on long-term outcome. We brain organization and functioning. As have shown that such injuries affect such, this work may have many practi- the development of auditory tempo- cal applications in areas of child rear- ral processing abilities, and the de- ing, education, and rehabilitation. velopment of visual motion process- ing subsystems in the brain. We have gone on to show that deficits In addition to the work described in these two areas (respectively) are above, my students and I are part of an associated with problems in the ac- emerging team of investigators in Win- quisition of reading and spelling nipeg with an interest in functional abilities, and in a range of high-level neuroimaging. Through the use of this visuospatial and visuomotor func- cutting-edge technology, we hope to tions. In addition to contributing to gain new insights into how the brain our understanding of brain- processes visual information and uses behaviour relationships, these find- it to support conscious perception, and ings may help to inform the devel- the control of visually-guided move- opment of specific tests that could ments. be incorporated into early screening batteries designed for use with high- One University. Many Futures .

JANUARY 2006 P A G E 9 Spotlight on Research

These concerns with evaluation tive during actual intergroup interaction, lead to inhibited and disrupted inter- which has rarely been examined in re- action behavior in the moment, and search. -- perhaps because they are ex- hausting -- prompt a desire to avoid such interactions in the future. Selected relevant publications:

My most recent work, conducted Vorauer, J. D., & Sakamoto, Y. (in together with my graduate and hon- press). I thought we could be friends, ours students, has focused on iden- but...Systematic miscommunication tifying means of reducing evaluative and defensive distancing as obsta- concerns. In one line of work we are cles to cross-group friendship forma- examining the extent to which such tion. Psychological Science . Dr. Jacquie Vorauer, concerns are affected by various Vorauer, J. D., & Turpie, C. (2004). Social Perception and Intergroup Relations types of intergroup contact experi- Relation of prejudice to choking ver- ences. In another, we are testing sus shining under pressure in inter- how different kinds of messages group interaction: The disruptive ef- designed to improve intergroup rela- fects of vigilance. Journal of Person- I have had a long-standing interest tions affect evaluative concerns and ality and Social Psychology, 87 , 384- in people's concerns and beliefs behavior in the context of actual 399. about how they are viewed by oth- intergroup interactions. Vorauer, J. D., Cameron, J. J., ers. My research has focused in particular on the dynamics and Holmes, J. G., & Pearce, D. G. outcomes of "risky" social ex- It is my hope that the knowledge (2003). Invisible overtures: Fears of changes, such as those involving gained from this research will pave rejection and the signal amplification relationship initiation or members the way for maximally effective bias. Journal of Personality and So- of different ethnic groups, where framing of messages and interven- cial Psychology, 84 , 793-812. concerns about evaluation are tions designed to promote positive Vorauer, J. D., Hunter, A. J., Main, K. high. intergroup relations. In particular, J., & Roy, S. (2000). Meta- our preliminary work suggests that stereotype activation: Evidence from some commonly used messages indirect measures for specific evalua- For example, individuals' sense of may have unintended negative con- tive concerns experienced by mem- how they are seen by another per- sequences as a function of enhanc- bers of dominant groups in inter- son often takes on a more negative ing individuals' evaluative concerns. group interaction. Journal of Person- slant in intergroup as compared Such negative consequences may ality and Social Psychology, 78 , 690- with intragroup interaction because often go undetected because 707. of how they think their group is evaluative concerns are only opera- viewed by other groups.

JANUARY 2006 P A G E 1 0 One University. Many Futures . Grants Held in 2005 Our Psychology faculty has been National Health Research & Devel- Tammy Ivanco extremely successful in obtaining opment Program (NHDRP), (Co- research grants, with 19 faculty investigator), Aging in Manitoba, University Research Grants Program members holding grants in 2005. 30 years later: 2001. (2000-2005). (URGP), Co-Investigator: Larson SJ, Evaluating the Role of Cytokines in The total amount received by the SSHRC, (Co-investigator), A Study Non-hippocampal Learning Tasks. faculty in 2005 was $1,622,530. of Successful Aging in Manitoba. (2005-2006) (2005-2008) The total amount received during the CIHR, Institute of Human Development, duration of these grants is CIHR, (Co-investigator), The Epide- Child and Youth, Investigating Autism: $4,128,045, with total amounts from miology of Persistent Good Health Evaluating Fragile X Mental Retarda- Canadian Institutes of Health Re- in Older Adults. 2005-2007. tion Syndrome and Developmental search of $1,470,150, National Sci- Teratogen Exposure as Risk Factors. ences and Engineering Research Brian Cox (2005-2006) Council of $599,917, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CIHR, Population-Based Ap- Fragile X Research Foundation Grant, $771,071, and other sources of proaches to Posttraumatic Stress An Examination of the Neuro- $1,286,907. The following is a sam- Disorder. (2003-2006) anatomical Consequences of Methyl- phenidate and Amphetamine Treat- pling of the grants of 2005: ment in the fmr1 KO Mouse. (2005- CIHR , Psychosocial Investigations 2006) John Adair in Anxiety Disorders and Depres-

sion using a Nationally Represen- tative Sample. (2003-2005) National Sciences & Engineering Re- Social Sciences & Humanities Re- search Council (NSERC) Discovery search Council of Canada (SSHRC), Grant, Activity Dependent Plasticity – The Internationalization of Psy- CIHR, Two Population-Based Men- Learning and Reorganization. (2004- chology. (2004-2007) tal Health Studies using the Cana- 2009) dian Community Health Survey:

Social Phobia and Problem Gam- Jessica Cameron bling. (2003-2005) University of Manitoba Center on Aging Faculty-Graduate Student Collaborative

Research Grant, Hartle K (Co- SSHRC, The Impact of Signal Am- SSHRC, Longitudinal Study of investigator), Consequences of Early plification Bias on Social Support Psychological Vulnerabilities to Damage on Normal Aging .. (2004- Requests and Provision. (2005- Emotional Stress in Representa- 2005) 2007) tive Community-Based Samples.

(2002-2005) University of Manitoba Centre on Aging Judy Chipperfield Research Fellowship, Research Fel- Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, lowship Award. (2004-2005) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Psy- Canadian Institute of Health Re- chiatric Epidemiology with a Fo- search (CIHR), Psychological and cus on Post-Traumatic Stress Dis- Canadian Foundation for Innovation Behavioural Determinants of order. (2004-2006) (CFI) – Infrastructure operating fund, Healthy Aging. (2005-2006) Lifespan Brain Plasticity . (2002-2007)

CIHR, Activity Level and Health in Cam Huynh Later Life. (2003-2007) SSHRC, Modern Statistical Meth- CIHR, Health and Aging. (2000- ods for Modeling and Analyzing 2005) Ordinal Outcome Variables in Cross-sectional and Time-series Designs in Behavioral and Educa- tional Research. (2004-2007)

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JANUARY 2006 P A G E 1 1 Grants Held in 2005 (cont’d) Lorna Jakobson Jason Leboe NSERC, Hardware for Obtaining Grasp Kinematics in fMRI. Research Manitoba Health Research Council CFI New Opportunities Grant, Inves- Tools and Instruments (2005) (MHRC) Jakobson, L.S., Downie, tigations in Memory and Cogni- A.L.S., & Frisk, V., Understanding tion. (2004-2005) URGP , Hemispatial Neglect: Effects Attentional Difficulties in Ex- on Visual Perception and Visuomotor tremely Premature Children. CFI Infrastructure Operating Fund, Control. (2005-2006) (2003-2005) Investigations in Memory and Cognition. (2005-2010) CIHR. Hemispatial Neglect: A Multid- URGP, Developmental Outcomes isciplinary Investigation of the Ef- in Toddlers Born Weighing <750 University of Manitoba/SSHRC fects on Visual Perception and Visu- gm. (2003-2005) Travel Grant ally Guided Action . Senior Research Fellowship Phase II (2004-2006) NSERC, Research Grants Program NSERC Discovery Grant, Heuristic Individual, Neural Mechanisms of Influences on Remembering, Per- Marian Morry Visual Motion Processing. (2001- ception, and Selective Attention. 2006) (2003-2007) Arts Proposal Development Fund, Uni- versity of Manitoba, A Longitudinal Ed Johnson Centre on Aging Faculty-Graduate Test of the Attraction-similarity Student Collaborative Grant, H. Model. (2005) UM/SSHRC, Self-knowledge Tiede, Co-investigator, The Effect of Across Adulthood. (2005-2006) Aging on Source Monitoring. University of Manitoba, UM-SSHRC (2005-2005) International Conference Travel Grants Harvey Keselman Program, The Attraction-Similarity Centre on Aging Faculty-Graduate Model: Friendship and Dating Stud- SSHRC, Robust Alternatives for Student Collaborative Grant, H. ies. (2005) Tests of Treatment Group Equality Tiede, Co-investigator, The Effect of and Estimators of Effect Size. Study Repetition on Predictions of University of Manitoba, Department of (2005-2008) Future Recall in Young and Old Psychology Travel funding , The Attrac- Adults. (2004-2005) tion-Similarity Model: Friendship Richard Kruk and Dating Studies. (2005) Jonathan Marotta URGP, Understanding Visual At- University of Manitoba UM-SSHRC, Lay tention Anomalies in Children with CFI & Manitoba Research and Inno- Theories Relating Attraction and Reading Difficulty. (2003-2006) vations Fund—Neuropsychology of Similarity. (2004-2006)

Vision: Perception and Action SSHRC, Reading Acquisition in Laboratory. New Opportunities University of Manitoba, Dean’s Office, the Early Years: Tracking Distal Fund (2005) Faculty of Arts, The Attraction- Relationships Between Visual and Similarity Model: Tests of the Pro- Phonological Components. (2003- NSERC, The Visual Control of posed Relations Among Dating Cou- 2006) Grasp: Two Interacting Streams. ples. (2004-2005) Discovery Grant (2005-2010) University of Manitoba, Arts Endow- ment Fund Grant, Capturing Visual University of Manitoba Start Up Attention in Children with Reading Funds (2004-2006) Difficulty: Follow-up . (2005) MHRC, Neuropsychology of Vi- sion: Perception and Action Laboratory. Establishment Grant (2005-2008)

JANUARY 2006 P A G E 1 2 One University. Many Futures . Grants Held in 2005 (cont’d)

Joe Pear SSHRC, (Co-investigator), Identi- CIHR, Improving the Quality of University of Manitoba, Faculty of fying Success indicators for the Life for People with Severe and Arts Proposal Development Fund , A Future Professoriate: An As- Profound Intellectual Disabili- Computer-aided Integrative Study sessment of Canadian Certifica- ties: Studies on Choice Making. of the Development of Higher- tion in University Teaching Pro- (2005-2008) Order Thinking. (2005) gram outcomes. (2002-2005) CIHR, Unravelling the Mystery of University of Manitoba, Technology Murray Singer Autism: From Genotyping and Transfer Office, WebCAPSI Ugrade: Phenotyping to Early Identifica- Version 2. (2005) NSERC, Cognitive Mechanisms tion and Prevention. (2001-2005) of Language Comprehension Society for the Advancement of Be- and Discourse Memory. (2002- Province of Manitoba, Family Ser- havior Analysis International Devel- 2007) vices & Housing, Longitudinal opment Grant, Development of a Evaluation of Children with Au- Computer-based Course Utilizing Jacquie Vorauer tism Graduating from the St. Keller’s Personalized System of Amant ABA Early Intervention Instruction. (2005) SSHRC Operating Grant, Fears of Program. (2004-2011) Rejection as a Barrier to Reach- Ray Perry ing Out Across Group Bounda- CIHR, Transdisciplinary Inter- ries. (2003-2006) institute Training Program in SSHRC, A Longitudinal Analysis Autism Spectrum Disorders. of Career Uncertainty and Techno- Dickie Yu (2003-2009) logical Literacy on Motivation, Achievement, and Attrition of Uni- CIHR, Investigations of Behav- CIHR, Health Equity for Intellec- versity Students. (2003- 2006) ioral Assessment and Training tually Disabled Individuals: The Technologies for Persons with HEIDI Program. (2002-2003) CIHR, (Co-investigator), Activity Developmental Disabilities. Level and Health in Later Life. (2004-2009) (2004-2006) Departmental Colloquia

THURSDAY, MARCH 16 FRIDAY, MARCH 23 FRIDAY, APRIL 29

Dr. Frédéric Guay Dr. Chris Friesen Dr. Norman Spear Canada Research Chair on Motiva- Department of Psychology, North Department of Psychology, State tion and Academic Success, Uni- Dakota State University University of New York at Bing- hampton versité Laval Title to be announced Title to be announced

Title: "Academic Motivation of El e- FRIDAY, MARCH 31 mentary School Children: The Ef- Unless otherwise noted, all collo- fects of Age, Gender, Parents and Dr. Marion Aftanas, Department of quia will take place from 3:00-4:00 Teachers." Psychology, University of Mani- pm in Room P412 Duff Roblin toba Building. *Colloquium to take place from Prior to each talk, members of the 7:30-8:30 in the Faculty of Educa- Title "Rating self-report ratings: department will have an opportu- tion. nity to meet speakers over coffee A measurement process analysis between 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm in of 'rating-scale' assessments." the Department of Psychology Lounge.